Editing Great Barrier Reef (section)

===Shark culling===
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The government of [[Queensland]] has a "shark control" program ([[shark culling]]) that deliberately kills sharks throughout Queensland, including in the Great Barrier Reef.<ref name="shark_culling">{{cite web |url=https://www.marineconservation.org.au/pages/shark-culling.html |title=Shark Culling |website=marineconservation.org.au |access-date=30 August 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002102324/https://www.marineconservation.org.au/pages/shark-culling.html |archive-date=2 October 2018 }}</ref><ref name="ntd">{{cite web |url=https://www.ntd.tv/2018/09/04/video-endangered-hammerhead-sharks-dead-on-drum-line-in-great-barrier-reef/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094449/https://www.ntd.tv/2018/09/04/video-endangered-hammerhead-sharks-dead-on-drum-line-in-great-barrier-reef/ |archive-date=19 September 2018 |last=Phillips |first=Jack |date=4 September 2018 |title=Video: Endangered Hammerhead Sharks Dead on Drum Line in Great Barrier Reef |website=ntd.tv |access-date=30 August 2019 }}</ref> Environmentalists{{who|date=September 2024}} and scientists{{clarify|How many?|date=September 2024}} say that this program harms the [[marine ecosystem]]; they also say it is "outdated, cruel and ineffective".<ref name="ntd"/> The Queensland "shark control" program uses [[shark nets]] and [[drum line (shark control)|drum lines with baited hooks]] to kill sharks in the Great Barrier Reef – there are 173 lethal drum lines in the Great Barrier Reef.<ref name="shark_culling"/><ref name="ntd"/><ref name="maritime">"[https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/queensland-government-kills-sharks-faces-court-challenge Queensland Government Kills Sharks, Faces Court Challenge]". The Maritime Executive. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019. {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904151759/https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/queensland-government-kills-sharks-faces-court-challenge |date=4 September 2018 }}.</ref> In Queensland, sharks found alive on the baited hooks are shot.<ref>One Green Planet. "[http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/brutal-lengths-australia-going-order-keep-sharks-away-tourists/ Heartbreaking Photos Show the Brutal Lengths Australia Is Going to In Order to 'Keep Sharks Away From Tourists']". Kelly Wang. Retrieved 30 August 2019. {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224053530/https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/brutal-lengths-australia-going-order-keep-sharks-away-tourists/ |date=24 December 2020 }}.</ref> Queensland's "shark control" program killed about 50,000 sharks from 1962 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/aussie-shark-population-is-staggering-decline/news-story/49e910c828b6e2b735d1c68e6b2c956e |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223022115/https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/aussie-shark-population-is-staggering-decline/news-story/49e910c828b6e2b735d1c68e6b2c956e |archive-date=23 December 2018 |title=Aussie shark population in staggering decline |website=NewsComAu |date=14 December 2018 |access-date=30 August 2019 |first1=Rhian |last1=Deutrom }}</ref> Also, Queensland's "shark control" program has also killed many other animals (such as [[dolphins]] and [[turtles]]){{snd}}the program killed 84,000 marine animals from 1962 to 2015, including in the Great Barrier Reef.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.afd.org.au/news-articles/queenslands-shark-control-program-has-snagged-84000-animals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224053505/https://www.afd.org.au/news-articles/queenslands-shark-control-program-has-snagged-84000-animals |archive-date=24 December 2020 |website=Action for Dolphins |title=Queensland's Shark Control Program Has Snagged 84,000 Animals |first1=Thom |last1=Mitchell |date=20 November 2015 |access-date=30 August 2019 }}</ref> In 2018, [[Humane Society International]] filed a lawsuit against the government of Queensland to stop shark culling in the Great Barrier Reef.<ref name="maritime"/>